Knox County Sheriff’s Office
Desperate times call for desperate actions. Poor Zachery Lodgson got super desperate.
He needed cash, probably for drugs, so he texted his mom. He told her drug dealers were holding him hostage unless he paid up the $200 he owned them. If he didn’t have the money, they’d kill him.
Mom told him to piss off.
“Of course, she didn’t believe him,” an investigator tells the Daily News, mainly because Zachary has pulled this stunt before.
Mom called the cops to report the fake kidnapping, the cops set up a bogus money drop, and when Zachary showed up to grab the loot they pinched him.
Don’t even bother calling mom for the bail, dude.
Cops: Man holds self for ransom, unsuccessfully [Newser]